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Joseph Wright  |   OW Senior Staff Writer
Aug 19 2010

Companies remain slow to hire

Many United Sates companies and businesses displayed their lack of confidence about hiring for the third consecutive month in July, giving indications that the nation’s economy will continue to grow slowly for the rest of the year. As a result the unemployment rate held steady at 9.5 percent.

Private employers added a net total of 71,000 jobs last month, which is well below the 200,000 or more jobs needed each month to reduce the unemployment rate.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 11 2010

Business deals with the Chinese for jobs in AV

Lancaster, CA – Mayor of Lancaster, R. Rex Parris set off to China this week to establish a business relationship with Chinese investors, as invited by L.A. County Supervisor, Michael Antonovich. A small delegation of city officials will join the mayor and will return March 17. The delegation includes, Lancaster City Manager Mark Bozigian, Economic Development and Redevelopment Director Vern Lawson, and Assistant Communications Specialist Chenin Dow.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 4 2010

Hearing sheds light on how the creative sector fuels employment in state

Art, music, dance, drama, and fashion produce jobs. In order to keep the creative sector that these industries are part of growing strongly, however, the state needs to step in and offer a helping hand.
That was among the suggestions offered last Thursday during a hearing held in the midst of Culver City’s thriving arts district by California State Senator Curren Price (D-26).
The event was the first meeting of the Joint Committee on the Arts since 2003, and it drew a standing-room crowd in excess of 100 people.

Mar 4 2010

Rising employee retention rates and gains in market share

ARA - The current gloomy economic conditions contain some good news for the small-business sector.
According to a recent survey conducted by Citibank, some small-business owners and managers are finding a silver lining in the current recession, seeing more high-quality candidates available for hire, rising employee retention rates and gains in market share.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 25 2010

WorkSource centers team up to provide training

The City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board and the Community Development Department have awarded $10.3 million in American Recovery Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funds to 13 different organizations to fund training and job placement services in high growth industries for 2,000 potential workers.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.